‘I don’t look too far in the future’ - Graham Alexander responds to Preston North End manager talk
The club legend has addressed it for the first time.
Graham Alexander has responded to speculation linking him with the Preston North End manager’s job.
Alexander, 54, is currently in charge of Bradford City, who sit third in League One. He guided them to promotion from League Two in 2025 and they finished fourth in the third-tier last season, but lost on aggregate to Bolton Wanderers in the play-off semi finals.
The former PNE right-back, who made 421 appearances for the club across two separate spells, has unsurprisingly been linked with the vacancy after Paul Heckingbottom’s departure on Sunday. Alexander’s assistant is Chris Lucketti, also an ex-PNE player between 2001 and 2006.
Speaking to BBC West Yorkshire Sport on Wednesday afternoon ahead of the Bantams’ game against Luton Town at the weekend, Alexander responded to speculation by saying: “It's been limited, what I’ve seen, because it's only through second-hand.
“I'm not on social media, I don't go around looking at It. I've got enough on my plate, dealing with 25 players and the team.
“I don't think it's the first time I've been linked with Preston North End because of my history there. My relationship is well documented over many, many interviews for the last two decades on what happened with me at that particular club.
“I don't know how big it is outside, because I have no relevance to that, but I think it's normal. I speak about transfer windows and interest in your players.
“It's a good thing. It means you've got good players, you've got a good team.
“When you're winning games, and you're consistently winning games season in, season out, of course, there's going to be a spotlight and a profile on whoever's impacted on those results.
“It's staff members, it's managers, it's coaches, it's players, sporting directors, everybody. It highlights that.
“I think any speculation about any of us here is due to the fact that we've, as a club, done a lot of good things over a sustained period of time.”
He added: “I’m pretty consistent with how I do things, it’s the next opportunity, the next game. I don’t look too far in the future.
“I’m at peace with what football management is, I’ve been on the wrong side of it, but I'm at peace with that.
“I don't walk around thinking that I could get a sack. When we lost two games a couple of weeks ago, getting the sack was not on my mind. I know it could happen at any moment, but on the other side, it's not on my mind either.”